Minne Faire 6 is happening Memorial Day weekend! You are all invited to attend!

The Faire features approximately two dozen exhibits of art, electronics, and technology. The event is free to attend from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, May 23rd and Sunday, May 24th.

The Afterparty is being held Saturday night from 7-10 pm featuring live music by Blood Cookie and Lothario. There is a $5 cover charge for the afterparty, payable at the door. Beverages will be available. Invite your friends and family to

We are also looking for volunteers to help make this event a success! Volunteers are especially needed to help clean and set up on Friday, May 22nd. Helping hands are also wanted for helping during the Faire on Saturday and Sunday. Email faire@tcmaker.org to volunteer.

Finally, invite all of your friends to Minne Faire and the Afterparty. This is a celebration of all things maker and the more the merrier!

We have two new cutting devices that require clearance before you can use them:

Carbide Chop Saw

Abrasive Chop Saw

These are both fine pieces of equipment and are happy to help you with your projects. Because of the inherent danger in using them, we will be requiring all members to be cleared by the Metal Shop Management before proceeding with the cutting.

Stay tuned for Metal Shop Orientation dates where you will be shown the wonders of the Metal Shop.

The horizontal band saw is still available for those who have knowledge of its workings.

As a reminder, quarterly clean-up is happening this Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10AM to 6PM. THE SHOP WILL BE CLOSED.

We are going to take the momentum we started with metal shop love day and start running with it.

During Quarterly Clean-up we are going to be doing some massive purging and hitting up storage (and items that are inappropriately stored in the rest of the shop) really hard. This is just like spring cleaning your house. It is an opportunity for us to get any defunct projects, non-project items, and other junk out of the shop. We need to get rid of clutter in order to have the space that is needed for a functioning shop.

IF YOU HAVE ITEMS STORED AT THE SHOP THIS APPLIES TO YOU:
1) If the items are not an ACTIVE PROJECT, then it needs to go home.

2) Anything you keep at the shop must be PROPERLY LABELED and PROPERLY STORED IN THE PROJECTSTORAGE AREA unless you explicitly have permission from shop management to store the item elsewhere. It must still be properly labeled.

3) Any non-project or out of date items found anywhere in the shop, will be disposed of (tossed in the dumpster). We are not a storage facility. You are not renting space to store your personal items, materials for “someday” projects, or “cool things you once made”.

As a reminder, the list above essentially constitutes our general storage policy. The policy in its entirety is found here.

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Twin Cities Maker (TC Maker) is a community group based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Our mission is to make, share, and learn.

We have opened a maker space/hackerspace for members to build projects using various media and technologies, from wood and metal working to electronics to fabrics and beyond. We call our space the Hack Factory.